I switched from an E61/E50 to a Blackberry Curve. One of the reasons was the poor Bluetooth integration of Nokia. Pairing the Curve with my BMW Business CD using BMW Bluetooth connectivity works fine and the phone numbers are transferred. I am quite happy now.

I have an 05' BMW Ci and I have a T-Mobile BB 8700g. Once I upgraded to the newest v4.2 OS, the phone will not pair with the car at all. It's not even an address book issue.

I was thinking going to the BB 8310 or 8320 Curve and was wondering if any BMW owners had an issue pairing this BB with their car. I would hate to buy it and it didn't work. I just called BMW and they said that if the Curve does not appear on the approved list of phones, then it has not been tested so they cannot vouch for it. They suggested just buying the phone and trying it, but that is what I am trying to avoid.

My wife's 8700g never worked very well with the Bluetooth system in her MINI Cooper (not a BMW, I know, but a BMW product), but her Curve works just fine--don't know how close that system is to the mainline BMW system.

All of the newer BlackBerries, the Curves, 8800s, and the Pearls, all work with the BMW bluetooth in the 3-series and the X5 (both new and "old"). It also works in the Z4s and E39 5-series. I haven't tried it in the 7-series or 5-series since I don't have them.

I just bought a 2005 M3, with NAV and I can not get my 8310 to connect. It finds the car, I enter the code and it tries to connect for 5 to 10 seconds but than fails. My car does not have the I-Drive, I'm guessing the 2005 with NAV was the predecessor to the i-drive.

I've got a 07 MINI Cooper S, not actually a BMW, but electronically it is the same as a current 3 Series.

My 8310 functions perfectly with the Bluetooth in it, the address book functions and everything. I have tried it with an '07 3-Series, e46 3-Series, and an '05 5-Series, all functioned correctly. The only issue is, in my experience, you will have problems if you have groups in your address book, or you have it set to encrypt your address book with "Content Protection"